polluted My name. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:12 , the same word). App-92 . he = every man. at their pleasure = for their own soul. Hebrew. nephesh ( App-13 ): "soul" being put for the affections of the person. read more
liberty . . . liberty. Figure of speech Antanaclasis , by which the same word is used in two different senses in the same sentence. to. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and to", completing the Figure of speech Polysyndeton . make you to be removed. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:25 , Deuteronomy 28:64 ). App-92 . Compare Jeremiah 24:9 . read more
"Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened unto me, to proclaim liberty every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim unto you a liberty, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth."What a proclamation is this! God says, "Very well, I make a proclamation for you, freeing you from my love and protection, and giving you your liberty to be destroyed by the ravages of... read more
Jeremiah 34:15. And ye were now turned— The covenant was properly such a one as that which Josiah and all the people formerly made in the house of the Lord, whereby they obliged themselves to worship him, to observe his laws in general, and this, of giving freedom to their servants, in particular. read more
Jeremiah 34:17. Behold, I proclaim a liberty— "I will now make public proclamation, that I give free commission and liberty for the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, to destroy you utterly." The reader will observe a turn upon the words in this denunciation, which is not uncommon in the sacred writers. read more
15. in the house . . . called by my name—the usual place of making such covenants ( :-; compare 1 Kings 8:31; Nehemiah 10:29). read more
16. polluted my name—by violating your oath (Exodus 20:7). read more
17. not . . . proclaiming liberty—Though the Jews had ostensibly emancipated their bond-servants, they virtually did not do so by revoking the liberty which they had granted. God looks not to outward appearances, but to the sincere intention. I proclaim a liberty—retribution answering to the offense (Matthew 7:2; Matthew 18:32; Matthew 18:33; Galatians 6:7; James 2:13). The Jews who would not give liberty to their brethren shall themselves receive "a liberty" calamitous to them. God will... read more
Treachery against servants 34:8-22This incident happened during the respite in the siege, as did those recorded in Jeremiah 32:1-15; Jeremiah 37-38; and Jeremiah 39:15-18 (cf. Jeremiah 34:21-22). The year was about 588 B.C. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 34:15
which is called by My name = upon which My name is called. read more